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It’s not always easy to get a good start with your city. Often you have to take a loan or two to get the city going. But with a little patience and hard work it is possible to skip those pesky loans and make a profit of your own. Here […]

A few noteworthy tips to keep in mind when building your city. Use mixed zoning to improve the looks of your city and to reduce building repetition. To increase your cashflow significantly, export garbage (or water/power) for cheap money and import for big money. Always accept every deals you can […]

Probably before the year 2002 is complete, Electronic Arts will release the newest installment in the Maxis SimCity series. SimCity is arguably the most popular simulation game in existence and the grandfather of the genre. The new release is generating a flurry of excited interest among devotees of prior versions, […]

This chart shows the amount of pollution each building generates. This is important when deciding what typ of buildings you want to promote in certain areas since high-wealth citizens prefer fresh air and clean water – including high-tech and advanced commercial structures. Some also have a positive impact and helps […]

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CREATING A BUILDING FROM YOUR WALLS Now that we’ve created a wall; we can use it to create a building with at least 2 identical walls by copying the wall we have now. First off, select the wall (don’t select the windows though), and shift drag (instance) it a few […]

As a long-time player of SimCity and participant in online game forums dedicated to SimCity, I have often noted that the one subject that keeps coming up, over and over again, is grids. The discussions about which grid size is best seem to have no end. Then there are the […]

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THE BIG PICTURE VS DETAILING At first glance, the lot to the right looks great; one big ploppable building, to grace your city’s skyline. The detailing on the building itself saves the creator hours of work, and if uploaded to any Lot Exchange (both official and unoffial), the downloads of […]

Cost per mW = Monthly Cost ÷ Power Output AP Product = Air Pollution × Radius WP Product = Water Pollution × Radius Plant Type Cost per mW AP Prod. AP Rank WP Prod. WP Rank Power Output Coal Power §0.04 3,200 7 2,100 7 6,000 MWh Hydrogen Power §0.20 […]